Apparatus fob



JAMES w. stroAKEs, onk MILAN, oHio.

APPARATUS FOR PAYING SEAMS 0F VSSELS.

specification of Letteren-atene No. 10,605, dated March 7, 1854.

To all who/m, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs W. SToAKEs, of Milan, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Paying the Joints or Scams of Vessels with, Pitch, White Lead, and other Suitable Substances; and I do hereby declare that the following i is a full and exact description thereof, ref.

erence being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon. Y

The nature of my improvement consist-s in constructing a paying machine having a revolvingmop consisting of two spherical disks, provided with hollow axes or shafts, through which axes passes a bolt having a nut and screw, by which means the mop is held in place between the disks near the edge, and by means of which the disks are secured together.

The machine is designed to be used by hand, and the mop is revolved as it passes along in the seams, in any direction, and the' lead or pitch conveyed tothe seams as required.

To enable others skilled in the art to make*y and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings.

Similar letters in the several resent the same parts.

Figure 1, in the drawings is a front view of my machine, Fig. 2 a plan view, and Fig. 8 a transverse section in the direction of 'the lines w in Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 4 and 5 will be referred to in description.

A A represent the disks; B, the mop between the disks.

The mop may be made of any flocculent or textile material suitable for such a purpose and may be cut out in the form of a circle, or made up of pieces, and secured in place so as to allow the mop to project out from the disks, as seen in Fig. l. The disks consist of two sections as seen in Fig. 4

to the center of which are att-ached the arms C C which are hollow, and through which passes the bolt D Fig. 3, secured by a nut and screw at the end, as seen at F, Figs. 2 and 3.

The material composing the mop is placed between the disks, and is secured in place with the disks, by the bolt and nut D and F, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

The arms C C have their bearings in thefigures rep- Sides of the chamber Gr, at g g,"the nut and headof the bolt, being upon the outside. The chamber G, which fcontains the` hot pitch, and in which revolves the mop, is

.made in thel form 'Y of a half circle with spherical sides as seen in Figs. 1, 2, andv 3.

H is a cover over,y the chamber G, but has an opening through the center to allow'the mop to pass through-it as seenin Figs.` 3

and' 5.` This cover prevents the wastingor spat-tering of the material.' By the side of' the chamber. G, is the chamber or boxl I, forthe reception of white lead, which is also usedk for paying the joints of vessels above light water mark.. The lead being placed in the chamber I, passes through the .hole J in the cock K, Fig. l3, uponthe ,mopy

B, as indicated by the arrow. By means of the cock K, the quantity of lead allowed to pass into the mop is graduated, and may be entirely cut loff if desired.

' L is a thumb piece for turning the cock asA may berequired; M,-the cover of the chamber I, to which itis attached by a hinge joint, so as to open and close.

N is the handle of the machine which may be inserted in the loop- O, at eit'her end as convenience may require.

As this machine will pay either pitch or white lead it is necessary tov hold two different positions. When paying the seams of vessels bottoms with pitch, it is held in the position` of Fig. 1, which allows the mop to revolve very little from a vertical direction, according to the position of they joint or seam; but when lead is used, the mop revolves horizontally,the machine being then in the position shown in Fig. 2. Two mops may be used, one vfor pitch, and the other, for lead, as they can readily be detached and replaced.

It is usualy to have' the seams below light water mark payed with pitch, and

-I comtemplate if found expedient, at-` taching a heater to the pitch chamber, which These brushes are not required` will prevent the pitch from cooling; the

machine will then work with the same facility as before; there might also be substituted for the two disks, a wheel provided with arms;r and the mop be secured to the periphery of the wheel by some suitable device, but the construction hereinabove set forth I consider' most practicable. The advantage gained by the use of the paying machine is that it prevents the great waste of material which is attendant on the ordinary method of paying; w

The distinguishing features of my improvement, are, that the space between `the disks may readily be increased or diminished innaccordance with the required size of the mop-,'thereby adapting it to the size of the sea-m intowhich the material is to be payed,

Y which is accomplished by' means of the nut and screw; this is a very, desirable object in paying lead or pitch, because itconfines the material to the seams, and prevents it from spreading over the planks, thereby saving the labor of scraping; that .when `the oldmop is worn out, a new one 1s` readily adjusted to the disks, or when a dierent material is to be payed, one mop may read` ily be removed, and another inserted in its place; and, that the several parts of my improved paying machine, may with ease and facility, be taken apart and readjusted, for

any required purpose.

What I lclaim as my` improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The constructionof a' rotary mop, by the combination of the two sectional disks, pro- `vided with hollow armsor axes, through `which passes a bolt having a nut, by which the disks are secured together, and the mop retained in place at t-he periphery, between the inside edges, or by any other means substantially the same, for they purpose herein set forth.

JAS'W. STOAKES.

Witnesses:

SETH JENNINGS, B.` F. CUNNINGHAM. 

